Khoa Truong
**** * ***** **. ******, Colorado ***19 *********@*****.*** 720-***-****
OBJECTIVE:
Ambitiously be seeking position in a laboratory setting. Desires challenging career to expand my knowledge and skills in different aspects of the pharmaceutical and chemical industry and to build on the experience I have gained.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
Absorption spectra of conjugated dyes - Spring 2016:
●Using particle in a box to predict the maximum absorbance of conjugated dyes.
Isolation of Cholesterol - Fall 2015:
●Using saponification method, followed by azeotropic and column chromatography to extract cholesterol from an egg yolk. Then, H NMR was applied to confirm cholesterol.
Qualitative Organic Analysis - Fall 2015:
●Using classic functional group chemistry (melting point, boiling point, solubilities and refractive index) as well as modern spectroscopy (FTIR, H NMR) to probe the chemical/physical behaviors and structures of organic compounds.
Bomb calorimetry and Heat of combustion - Fall 2014:
●An enthalpy of a substance is calculated by measuring bomb calorimeter and heat of combustion of that substance.
Gravimetric analysis and Acid/Base titration - Fall 2014:
●The qualitative determination of an analyte based on the mass methodology and the quantitative of acid or base by acid/base titration.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry - May 2016
Metropolitan State University of Denver- Denver, CO
College Preparatory in Chemistry Course- December 2013
Community College of Denver- Denver, CO
SKILLS:
●Familiar with IR, GC, H NMR and MS analysis.
●Familiar with analytical methodologies.
●Fluent verbal communication in English and Vietnamese.
●Proficiency at Chemdraw, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
●Fast learner, enthusiasm and patience.